Active fault zones and groundwater flow

Karst groundwater management by defining protection zones based on regional geological structures and groundwater flow fields

Karst regions, occupy approximately 25% of the land surface of the earth. Karst aquifers are often major sources of water supply in these areas. However, karst aquifers are generally considered to be particularly vulnerable to pollution and anthropogenic impacts. Large withdrawals of water in karst areas for municipal, agricultural, and industrial use may competitively affect water supply in su...

In-situ permeability of fault zones estimated by hydraulic tests and continuous groundwater-pressure observations

In-situ permeability of the Median Tectonic Line (MTL) fault zone in Mie Prefecture, southwest Japan, was estimated using hydraulic tests and groundwater pressure observations in two boreholes. The screen depths in Holes 1 and 2 are located, respectively, in a major strand of the MTL fault zone within the Sambagawa metamorphic rocks and a branching fault developed in the hanging wall of the MTL...

Groundwater flow processes and mixing in active volcanic systems

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Characterization of Fault Zones

There are currently three major competing views on the nature of earthquake fault zones. The first is that faults are (possibly segmented and heterogeneous) Euclidean zones in a continuum solid. The second focuses on granular aspects of faults and deformation fields. The third is that faults are fundamentally rough fractal objects at all relevant scales. The existing data can not distinguish un...

Groundwater Vulnerability in Different Climatic Zones